歃血為盟

歃血為盟

Chinese

		to smear one's mouth with the blood of a sacrificed animal	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	oath; pledge; union oath; pledge; union; to ally
trad. (歃血為盟)		歃血	為	盟
simp. (歃血为盟)		歃血	为	盟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàxuè-wéiméng, shàxuě-wéiméng, shàxiě-wéiméng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ, ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ, ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàxuè-wéiméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahshiuehweimeng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕɥ̯œ⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàxuě-wéiméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahsheueweimeng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹ ɕɥ̯œ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; colloquial in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàxiě-wéiméng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄝˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shahshiieweimeng
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯³⁵ mɤŋ³⁵/

Idiom

歃血為盟

1. to smear the lips with blood when taking an oath